The Amityville Horror
Books | Body, Mind & Spirit / Supernatural (incl. Ghosts)
3.6
(1.5K)
Jay Anson
“A fascinating and frightening book” (Los Angeles Times)—the bestselling true story about a house possessed by evil spirits, haunted by psychic phenomena almost too terrible to describe.In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property—complete with boathouse and swimming pool—and the price had been too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror. This is the spellbinding, shocking true story that gripped the nation about an American dream that turned into a nightmare beyond imagining—“this book will scare the hell out of you” (Kansas City Star).
Horror
Paranormal
AD
Buy now:
More Details:
Author
Jay Anson
Pages
256
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2019-12-03
ISBN
1982138262 9781982138264
Community ReviewsSee all
"It's a fun read but not only is it not particularly frightening, it is also extremely difficult to believe that much of what is said to have happened actually happened. It's worth it to read Anson's afterward; he makes some good points, and makes mention of the Warrens (the paranormal investigators made widely known through the "The Conjuring" franchise)."
Michael Prentice
"Read purely out of curiosity and for nostalgia. "
StephRP
"Gives me the creeps!!"
Autumn Frymark
"Some say this is true.. a haunted house"
L S
Linda Sherrin
"I know this book has its controversies, but I enjoyed it for what it is. Haunted house books are my favorite type of horror and so I had a good time with this. It gave me the creeps and unsettled me a bit. I definitely can see what everyone’s talking about that some stuff was just too over the top. However, for a spooky, Halloween read, I got what I wanted."
C Z
Cailin Zoltak
"I think some of this was fabricated for readers. I did think it was dumb that they didn't leave the first time they were told, like how much bad stuff do you need to have happen to you in order to leave? It was good but it didn't really scare me."
tactical_booknerd
"Not a favorite part per se, but I did find enjoyment in the flies before each chapter in my copy "
S G
Sara Girardi
"I'll read anything and everything about the Amityville house! Do I believe some of it probably not! But it does make for a good reading! I always said it was something in that house, that made that dude kill his whole family! And when this family moved it! I always went maybe it was maybe it wasn't!"
Victoria Whitlock
"As a novel this was so good. The atmospheric tone that this book set, felt creepy and believable. The realistic aspects of the "true crime" story telling drew me in and i finished this in one sitting. I listened to this as an audio book and it was amazing. Definitely recommend."
Samantha Leavitt
"After reading this book I went down an entire rabbit hole of information on the internet and let me tell you absolutely mind-blowing 🤯. If you were interested in the true crime case or the movies you should definitely read this."
Cosmic Q.
